Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Talks UnREAL, Being an Openly Gay Actor and More
By Amy Amatangelo
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Paste: You’re a huge fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. What is it about that show that spoke to you?
Bowyer-Chapman: I just loved Joss Whedon’s story telling. Kitschy and irreverent, and at the same time dark and stylish. Buffy was a normal girl. There was always Xena: Warrior Princessand things like that, but there was never just a normal girl who had extraordinary abilities. Buffy had to hide in the closet. She couldn’t proclaim to the world who she was and what she was capable of and let her light shine. She had to let her ability shine in the dark of night, which I think is why so many gay people connected to her. We could see ourselves reflected in that. I was always very much the odd one out and all the characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer were very much the odd one out. That show shaped me during my formative years and really inspired me to do what I’m doing now.
Source: Paste Magazine
By Amy Amatangelo
...
Paste: You’re a huge fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. What is it about that show that spoke to you?
Bowyer-Chapman: I just loved Joss Whedon’s story telling. Kitschy and irreverent, and at the same time dark and stylish. Buffy was a normal girl. There was always Xena: Warrior Princessand things like that, but there was never just a normal girl who had extraordinary abilities. Buffy had to hide in the closet. She couldn’t proclaim to the world who she was and what she was capable of and let her light shine. She had to let her ability shine in the dark of night, which I think is why so many gay people connected to her. We could see ourselves reflected in that. I was always very much the odd one out and all the characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer were very much the odd one out. That show shaped me during my formative years and really inspired me to do what I’m doing now.
Source: Paste Magazine